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Consequent to the acceptance of recommendations of the A V Singh Committee Report (Part 1) the sanction of the President has been received for revision of various terms and conditions of service for Naval officers, except Medical and Dental officers, as given in the succeeding paragraphs.
2. Substantive Promotions :To reduce the age profile and supersession levels in the Navy, as also to improve vertical mobility, promotion to substantive ranks will be made based on eligibility criteria indicated below:
Rank
Eligibility Criteria
(a) Sub Lieutenant
On commissioning
(b) Lieutenant
02 Years as SLt
(c) Lieutenant Commander
04 years from date of promotion to Substantive Lt
(d)Commander
11 years from date of promotion to Substantive Lt
(e) Captain (Time Scale)
26 Years of reckonable commissioned service
3. The aforementioned promotions will be governed by the following:-
a. Inter-se seniority amongst officers as per Navy List will be protected.
b. Forefeature / gain of time as specified in chapter IV and VI of Regs Navy Part III
c Provisions W.r.t. discipline, vigilance and medical as promulgated by IHQ MoD (N) from time to time.
4. Promotions accruing from Para 2 above shall also be subject to officers fulfilling other criteria, to be notified by the IHQ MoD(N) through policy letters on the subject. Seniority of officers eligible for promotion based on above-mentioned criteria, who have not completed mandatory sea time due to service constraints, will be protected.
5. Those serving in the rank of Commander (Time Scale) will now be eligible for grant of substantive rank of Commander. The existing rank of Commander (Selection) shall remain applicable till the existing Commanders (Selection) are either promoted to the rank of Captain (Selection) or Captain (Time Scale) or are retired. No further promotions to Commander (Selection) shall be made.
Captain (Time Scale}
6. Officers not promoted to the rank of Captain by selection may be granted substantive rank of Captain (Time Scale), irrespective of vacancies, provided they are considered fit in all respects. The terms and conditions governing the rank of Captain (Time Scale) to these officers are as under:
(a) Pay Scale. As applicable to Captain Selection Grade which currently is Rs. 15,100-450-17,350.
(b) Rank Pay. Officers will be entitled to rank pay of a Commander which currently is Rs. 1,600/- p.m.
(c) Other Allowances & Perks. Officers holding the rank of Captain (Time Scale) will be eligible for all allowances and other perks as applicable to Captain Selection Grade.
(d) Age of Superannuation. All officers holding the rank of Captain (Time Scale) shall retire on superannuation on attainment of the age of 54 years.
(e) Medical Criteria. Criteria applicable for the rank of Cdr (TS) will now be applicable to the new grade of Capt (TS).
7. Officers holding the rank of Captain (Time Scale) will be held against the sanctioned strength of Commanders. Such officers shall, in precedence, rank junior to the following officers:- '
(a) Substantive Captain by Selection
(b) Acting Captain by Selection.
8. Detailed criteria and procedure for grant of substantive rank of Captain (Time Scale) will be notified by Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Navy).
9. Relevant orders and instructions effected by the above decisions will be amended in due course.
10.These orders will take effect from 16 Dec 04.
SKS / HS
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